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Until 2002, it was possible that if the Prince of Monaco died without a male heir, Monaco would become part of France.
517
The IKEA effect is a cognitive bias in which consumers place a disproportionately high value on products they partially created.
518
The longest ordinary word in the German language is Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften, which means "insurance companies providing legal protection". It is 38 letters long.
519
Interest rates throughout the world are currently so low that even the Greek government pays negative interest rates on its bonds. That's right, you have to pay Greece for the privilege of letting them borrow your money. (Note: this fact was originally written in October 2020 and is no longer true)
520
In Turkmenistan, there's a crater filled with natural gas that has been on fire since 1971. It is known as "The Gates of Hell".
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Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Oct 31, 2020
Thanks to @Jetpunker180 for #516 and @SirPhillipines for #520.
FlyingG
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Level 67
Nov 2, 2020
Fact #518: Jetpunk is fun
TheLocalMilkMan
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Level 44
Nov 2, 2020
According to QMs new website, TheNameGeek, the first name Man is a unisex name while the first name Mann is a male name
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Nov 3, 2020
It might be that "Man" is a generic name that gets filled in when information is absent, much like "Baby" and "Unknown".
Eggster2
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Level 15
Mar 25, 2023
Yeah I know a lot of people named Mann.
HelveticaBold
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Level 71
Nov 3, 2020
The symbols @#$%&* when used to denote obscenities in writing are called 'grawlixes'.
FlyingG
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Level 67
Nov 3, 2020
Fact #519: I really like TheNameGeek! (mainly because of that presidential last names to normal first names quiz)
JetPunker180
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Level 54
Nov 4, 2020
It is forbidden for planes to fly over Taj Mahal.
JetPunker180
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Level 54
Nov 4, 2020
The Longest Straight Line You Can Sail on Earth is from

Pakistan to Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia – 20000 miles.

Dollyfroggy
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Level 60
Nov 14, 2022
Wait, what? How can you sail from Pakistan to Kamchatka in a straight line?
JetPunker180
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Level 54
Nov 4, 2020
if you turn Americas map when North is down it seems like duck.
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Nov 4, 2020
Not really a fact.
roleybob
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Level 75
Nov 10, 2020
Ha - not even a coherent sentence!
JetPunker180
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Level 54
Nov 5, 2020
Tendulkar played his first match for Pakistan.
JetPunker180
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Level 54
Nov 5, 2020
In Arabian countries, Persian Gulg is known as Arabian Gulf.
EytanMelech
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Level 67
May 11, 2021
gulg
Ainmclarach
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Level 55
May 7, 2023
Gulg
THTB
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Level 46
Nov 7, 2023
gulg
Insaniot
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Level 59
Feb 15, 2024
me when i drink the persian gulf
Geographystar
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Level 67
Nov 5, 2020
New Orleans is closer to Mexico than St. Louis.
NV1
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Level 51
Nov 7, 2020
Kamala Harris is the first VP elect to be Indian-American, a woman, a person of color, and with Jamaican ancestry.
BelgianFries
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Level 47
Nov 9, 2020
I thought she was from the Philippines.
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Nov 10, 2020
I'd like that if she was.
HinesBrothers
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Level 75
Nov 25, 2020
Kamala Harris is not Vice President and quite possibly won't be
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Dec 15, 2020
Maybe...but we can only hope.
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Mar 18, 2021
Fun fact: She is!
NV1
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Level 51
Apr 6, 2021
Yes she is...
gewehr6628
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Level 46
May 10, 2021
and pretty soon she might be the first president with all those things
EytanMelech
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Level 67
May 11, 2021
Kamala Harris isn't the first non-white VP. Charles Curtis was half native American.
NV1
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Level 51
Nov 7, 2020
Joe Biden is the first president elect from Delaware, the oldest, first since 1992 to have more than 4 children, and also first since 1992 to win the presidential election without Florida.
EytanMelech
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Level 67
May 11, 2021
And losing 18 bellwether counties.
FlyingG
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Level 67
Nov 7, 2020
Oooh I actually have a good one

In the Arabic language, there is no letter for "p", so places like Pakistan, Persia, and Porto Alegre would become Bakistan, Bersia, and Borto Alegre. (source: my dad told me this when i was little)

FlyingG
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Level 67
Nov 7, 2020
However, for many foreign things such as Pepsi, they added a new letter that is like the baa letter but with three dots instead of two
FlyingG
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Level 67
Nov 7, 2020
Though most Arabic people can't pronounce "p".
TheLocalMilkMan
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Level 44
Nov 9, 2020
Baa only has one dot
FlyingG
+1
Level 67
Nov 10, 2020
Oh oops.I meant yaa.
JetPunker180
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Level 54
Nov 9, 2020
It is forbidden for Hindus to travel in sea.
Malbaby
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Level 71
Apr 16, 2021
So India has no submarines then.
NV1
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Level 51
Nov 9, 2020
?? I'm a Hindu and I can confirm there's nothing like that in our religion.
JetPunker180
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Level 54
Nov 10, 2020
it was old belief.
filiphoset
+12
Level 60
Nov 11, 2020
It is forbidden for Hindus to eat food and sleep
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Nov 9, 2020
The U.S. dollar bill is 75% cotton and 25% linen.
NV1
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Level 51
Nov 9, 2020
7,777 in word form in German is siebentausendsiebenhundertsiebundsiebzig.
q38
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Level 32
Nov 9, 2020
17,326,455 in finnish is seitsemäntoista miljoonaa kolmesataa kaksikymmentäkuusi tuhatta neljäsataa viisikymmentäviisi
Malbaby
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Level 71
Apr 16, 2021
In English it is Seventeenmillionthreehundredandtwentysixthousandfourhundredandfiftyfive:
Falzino
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Level 11
Feb 13, 2024
in french its "Dix-Sept-Millions-Trois-Cent-Vingt-Six-Milles-Quatre-Cent-Cinquante-Cinq"
PetiteFoireuse
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Level 36
Apr 23, 2024
???

That would be 17 326 455. Plus, your spelling leaves a little to be desired (but then, French kids struggle to learn to spell numbers in school, so... The rules were greatly simplified a while ago, but as a numeral, "mille" still never takes a plural marking).

IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Feb 18, 2021
Fact: the longest German word or how common that word really is, is debated endlessly.
Malbaby
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Level 71
Feb 4, 2022
'debated endlessly' is 2 words
PetiteFoireuse
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Level 36
Apr 23, 2024
...siebenundsiebzig...

You forgot a few ;-)

Geographystar
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Level 67
Nov 12, 2020
I haven't checked for after the 2020 election, but the majority of U.S. senators (51) are over the age of 65, which is the age most people retire at.
NV1
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Level 51
Nov 14, 2020
Now its 52 because Cory Gardner lost.
Dollyfroggy
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Level 60
Nov 14, 2022
Spoilers!
FlyingG
+2
Level 67
Nov 12, 2020
"little" in Romanian is called "putin".
FlyingG
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Level 67
Nov 12, 2020
Source: youtube
angrobper14
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Level 84
Nov 13, 2020
You don't really want to know what does "putin" means in Spanish...
morcaca
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Level 59
Dec 3, 2020
I'm pretty sure "putin" is an explicit word in French as well.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Dec 7, 2023
Yes, if you pronounce it in French as it's spelled in English, it's a pretty rude word. The French get around it by calling him 'Poutine', which is somehow even funnier.
PetiteFoireuse
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Level 36
Apr 23, 2024
At least that's spelled differently: putAin.
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Nov 13, 2020
Is it true!?! I got a fact on!?!
Queefola
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Level 40
Jul 6, 2021
@518: Any German lawyers out there that have had to include this word in documents or drafts? Probably adds a few pages overall.
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Apr 6, 2022
520 may not be "currently" going soon
DawnX
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Level 50
May 16, 2023
i'm pretty sure that 518 is wrong since there is a word called rindfleischettikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz (64 letters!) which means law of the assigning of the overseeing of the labeling of the beef meat. it was abolished in 2013 though
JesseFromThe6
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Level 69
Oct 4, 2023
Interest rates definitely aren't low now in 2023.
djeedubbeljoe
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Level 65
Mar 4, 2024
Is that fact about Greece paying negative interest still accurate? Rates have been going up lately.
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